Carlotta de Bevilacqua + Paola di Arianello,
Empatia, lampada da tavolo. Empatia nasce dal
connubio tra la grande tradizione del vetro
soffiato e la LED technology di Artemide /
Carlotta de Bevilacqua + Paola di Arianello,
Empatia, table lamp. Empatia is inspired by the
association between the great glass-blowing
tradition and the LED technology of Artemide.
anticipated a new way of designing lighting with
particular attention to the wellbeing of people.
Has progress been made in light-health ?
I have always considered man at the centre of
a project. Starting from the 90s, with Artemide
and the Metamorfosi project, we started to work
with coloured light and then with white colour
temperatures, studying their important
psychological and physiological influence.
Today, thanks to LED technology, we have greater
possibilities of controlling quality. We can select
the emitted frequencies and electronics allow us
to carry out a precise and punctual management,
with great freedom and flexibility in real-time
interaction. This possibility of evolved interaction
leads to an increasing freedom for each one to
modify his own scenarios in an active,